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Old 02-13-2005, 02:09 PM  
Xenophage
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TV fidgets on an obscenity tightrope

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/enter...l-home-entlife


the war continues ...

When the networks haven't acted, stations have stepped in to avoid complaints that could threaten their licenses. In November, 65 ABC affiliates, including WFTV-Channel 9 in Orlando, declined to air the World War II drama Saving Private Ryan with its coarse language. The film had caused no such ruckus when broadcast unedited in 2001 and 2002.
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